7 Traditional Dystopian Works of fiction ever.

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7 Traditional Dystopian Works of fiction ever.


Many readers, especially youngsters may have enjoyed the recent trilogies of dystopian novels like “The Hunger Games”, “Divergent” and “The Maze Runner”, which portrays society that is often characterized by dehumanization, totalitarian governments, environmental or any other form of cataclysmic decline in society, where the story is set. The characters in the dystopian novels often find themselves in negative societies which is reeling under unfavorable conditions such as mass poverty, public mistrust, police state, squalor, suffering, or oppression which the society has most often brought upon itself. The dystopian literature has more than just entertainment as its purpose. It tries to analyze the reason why things got as bad, often as an analogy for similar issues in the real world. It also comes as political warnings to certain unresolved issues in our society. Here is the list of 7 classic dystopian novels of all time that revolutionized the genre, and at the same time picked the brains of its readers.



3. V for Vendetta

Author: Alan Moore

In V for Vendetta, Alan Moore takes us into a dystopian society post -apocalyptic era which was preceded by nuclear war though an amazing graphic novel. World lies in ruins and a fascist party, Norsefire rules the country as a police state. Moore through his main protagonist, V, in Guy Fawkes mask brings out a powerful tale of the loss of freedom and identity in a chillingly believable totalitarian world, with an inspiring young Evey Hammond as protégé for V.

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2. The Time Machine

Author: H.G. Wells

Even though now even a child can tell you what a ‘Time Machine’ is, back when the book was released it was innovative word which had been coined by science fiction writer Wells and caught the fancy of readers. In the dystopian world the genius H.G. Wells talks about a dying earth, a time traveller discovers the future humans who are divided into two sects of Eloi and Morlocks. The story is quite popular among all genres of readers and has been adopted into plays, TV shows and movies.

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